The night hostler lines the turn table for 1225 after servicing to get her spun to lead another fast freight across Michigan. Another burk waits to the left to get serviced in the middle of the ni... (more)

With Santa at the controls, the North Pole Express races toward Ashley. Pacing shot at 1/40th.

The "Polar Express" rolls through Carland, MI., passing it's "landmark" grain elevator.

Pere Marquette 1225 accelerates in a plume of steam as it departs Owosso's yard limits on the Great Lakes Central mainline. The first few cars in the consist are ex Metra Commuter cars painted fo... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 pulls it's first North Pole Express train of the season past the old Robbins Furniture Warehouse in Owosso, Michigan.

Pere Marquette sits on the turntable on a very cold March morning awaiting to hit the rails on an excursion that was ran short due to the fact that the Michigan State department of Roads were worr... (more)

Pere Marquette sits on the turntable on a very cold March morning awaiting to hit the rails on an excursion that was ran short due to the fact that the Michigan State department of Roads were worr... (more)

It was everything I could do to get both massive 2-8-4's into this wide shot at close quarters at midnight on June 21st 2014. Pere Marquette 1225 had just finished pulling an excursion a few hours... (more)

Retired in 1951 and surviving the cutting torch shortly after, Pere Marquette 1223 has lived a long life of display while sister 1225 has continued to breathe on the other side of the state. First... (more)

The northwest bound Pere Marquette #1225 rolls by the old Carland grain elevator in the sleepy township of Fairfield MI.

This locomotive is used on excursion trains over the Great Lakes Central Railroad. The 1225 above is on the turntable at the Steam Railroad Institute in Owosso MI.

One of the Steam Railroad Institute's engineers looks down the boiler as he creeps the big Berkshire out of the Owosso yard.

NKP 765's driving gear glistens in the night as PM 1225 simmers at the ready on the turntable. A Lerro Productions photo event.

One of the many Rosie's that keep these berks running at night in between running fast freights across Michigan poses at the turntable shack with the 1225 in the background.

Night has Arrived. The end of the day finds the engines back in the yard to be serviced for tomorrow. A Lerro Productions photo event.